Later this year, a new book will appear containing some of the best essays Daniel has written over recent decades. Including some of the more challenging on how we use – and misuse – what we think of as ‘history’.
Topics include:
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What have we meant by ‘Heritage’?
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Could the past have been different? What causes historical change?
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If we value 'authenticity’ shouldn’t the Leaning Tower of Pisa be restored to its original upright form? Or allowed to collapse?
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The argument for telling history backwards, starting with the present.
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Are historians equipped to make moral judgements about the past? How will we be judged by future historians?
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Might the horrors of Nazism and World War II eventually just slip into 'history' like the Romans or the Armada?
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Was Truman’s decision to drop the a-bomb a 'good thing' - or one of the most abhorrent decisions in history?
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Are the arts an integral part of history? Or merely a by-product of it?
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How did an ‘elite’ art form like opera become deep-rooted in the highly egalitarian USA?
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Nominative Determinism? 'Snowman' visits the polar regions (and is one of the first to report on climate change).
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